PURPOSE To emphasize the importance of imaging in children with diencephalic syndrome
due to hypothalamic/chiasmatic astrocytomas. METHODS Findings in nine patients (mean …

Background: Diencephalic syndrome (DS) is a rare cause of failure to thrive in early
childhood. It is associated with neoplastic lesions of the hypothalamic-optic chiasmatic …

BACKGROUND Diencephalic syndrome (DS) is a complex of signs and symptoms related to
hypothalamic dysfunction; its main features are emaciation, despite a normal or slightly …

The aim of our study was to better define the clinical pattern of diencephalic syndrome, a
rare but potentially lethal cause of failure to thrive in infancy. Poor weight gain or weight loss …

Diencephalic syndrome is a rare but potentially lethal cause of failure to thrive in infants and
young children. The diencephalic syndrome includes clinical characteristics of severe …

• A 14-year-old boy with a five-year history of diencephalic syndrome was found to have a
pontine astrocytoma. We review case reports of five similar children with diencephalic …

Purpose Diencephalic syndrome is an uncommon cause of failure to thrive in early
childhood that is associated with central nervous system neoplasms in the hypothalamic …

Failure to Thrive: The Diencephalic Syndrome of Infancy and Childhood Page 1 Failure to
Thrive: The Diencephalic Syndrome of Infancy and Childhood A Case Report* KENNETH R …

The clinical course and serial endocrinologic evaluations of a patient with the diencephalic
syndrome secondary to a glioma of the optic chiasm can be divided into two phases. The …

BACKGROUND The diencephalic syndrome (DS), which is manifested by progressive
emaciation and failure to thrive in an apparently alert, cheerful infant, usually is due to a low …